I’ve been going to SXSWi for the past three years and it is definitely one of the best conferences I go to every year and was probably one of the biggest influences on me as far as seeing the potential of the Web and this whole social media thing and I’ve always wondered if I [...]

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Coveritlive.com came across my feed reader today and it intrigued me in the fact that this might be a cool way to have a direct contact with a lot of people that ‘follow’ me and I could use this as a mechanism during events I’m at whether it be conferences, speeches, interviews, whatever! So [...]

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Wow, what a day!

Today was my very first trip skydiving. It has been a goal of mine since my GB surgery because I knew I had to be under 200 pounds to be able to even step up to the plate. Well, man….it was worth it! My buddy Chris and I [...]

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I’ve officially been working at The Garland Group for three and a half years now and there is no question I have learned A TON along the way. A lot of that is due to my father who, up until recently, has really been the figure head of our organization. He’s taught me [...]

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So a couple of weeks ago I finally was able to get back into soccer since my surgery which I love to play. The whole past week I watched the weather reports to ensure that we were going to get to play. There was supposed to be rain but you never know with [...]

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Yesterday, I was going to my 1-year follow-up appointment since LASIK surgery and as I was wrapping up the lady at the desk said, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but have you lost weight?” I said, “Yes, 70 pounds actually.” She went on to ask what I was doing and if I [...]

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How you like me now?!?!
I’m excited to tell everyone that I’ve just passed the fifty pound weight loss mark. I was holding on right at 50 for about a week but wanted to wait until I passed it to post this. Very excited and feeling better and better everyday! WOOHOO!

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